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decametre

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈdɛkəmiːtə(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An SI unit of length equal to 101 metres. Symbol: dam

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: metrology

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A line in a poem having ten metrical feet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A poetic metre in which each line has ten feet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: decameter, dekameter, dekametre, dam, dkm

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metric linear unit

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French décamètre. Equivalent to deca- + metre.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: дэкаметр (dekamjetr) — the length of 10 metres
  • Bengali: ডেকামিটার (ḍekamiṭar) — the length of 10 metres
  • Catalan: decàmetre — the length of 10 metres
  • Chinese Mandarin: 十米 (shímǐ) — the length of 10 metres
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公丈 (gōngzhàng) — the length of 10 metres
  • Dutch: decameter — the length of 10 metres
  • Esperanto: dekametro — the length of 10 metres
  • Finnish: dekametri — the length of 10 metres
  • French: décamètre — the length of 10 metres
  • Galician: decámetro — the length of 10 metres
  • Georgian: დექამეტრი (dekameṭri) — the length of 10 metres
  • German: Dekameter — the length of 10 metres
  • Greek: δεκάμετρο (dekámetro) — the length of 10 metres
  • Hindi: डेकामीटर (ḍekāmīṭar) — the length of 10 metres
  • Interlingua: decametro — the length of 10 metres
  • Italian: decametro — the length of 10 metres
  • Japanese: デカメートル — the length of 10 metres
  • Kannada: ದೆಕಾಮೀಟರು (dekāmīṭaru) — the length of 10 metres
  • Khmer: ដេកាម៉ែត្រ (deekaa maet) — the length of 10 metres
  • Korean: 데카미터 (dekamiteo) — the length of 10 metres
  • Lao: ເດກາແມັດ (dē kā mæt) — the length of 10 metres
  • Lao: ເດກາເມັດ (dē kā met) — the length of 10 metres
  • : ᦵᦡᦂᦱᦙᦶᧆ (ḋek̇aamaed) — the length of 10 metres
  • : ᦵᦡᦂᦱᦙᦵᧆ (ḋek̇aamed) — the length of 10 metres
  • Macedonian: декаметар (dekametar) — the length of 10 metres
  • Malay: dekameter — the length of 10 metres
  • Malayalam: ഡെകാമിറ്റർ (ḍekāmiṟṟaṟ) — the length of 10 metres
  • Persian: دکامتر (dekâmetr) — the length of 10 metres
  • Polish: dekametr — the length of 10 metres
  • Portuguese: decâmetro — the length of 10 metres
  • Russian: декаме́тр (dekamétr) — the length of 10 metres
  • Shan: ၻေၵၢမဵတ — the length of 10 metres
  • Spanish: decámetro — the length of 10 metres
  • Swedish: dekameter — the length of 10 metres
  • Tagalog: dekametro — the length of 10 metres
  • Telugu: డెకామీటరు (ḍekāmīṭaru) — the length of 10 metres
  • Thai: เดคาเมตร — the length of 10 metres
  • Vietnamese: đêcamet — the length of 10 metres
  • Vietnamese: đê-ca-mét — the length of 10 metres
  • Vietnamese: đề-ca-mét — the length of 10 metres